Canete-Hall knocks off Kodiak in return to hometownA season ago, Kodiak fans watched Alec Canete-Hall lead the Bears to their first Northern Lights Conference title in 13 years. On Saturday, they watched Canete-Hall — wearing a No. 13 blue East Anchorage jersey— pick apart his former team in the final game of the 48th Joe Floyd/Ravn Alaska Winter Classic Basketball Tournament at Kodiak High. Canete-Hall stroked four 3-pointers and scored a team-high 16 points as E...

Lawmaker files bill to guard Alaska Permanent Fund benefit An Anchorage lawmaker has filed a constitutional amendment proposing to further protect the Alaska Permanent Fund as the state grappled with a deepening deficit due to collapse in oil prices. The proposal, from Democratic Sen. Bill Wielechowski, was among the first wave of bills and resolutions filed ahead of the upcoming legislative session and released on Friday. The legislative session begins Jan. 20. Wielechow...

Alaska Aerospace to return more than $20-M to state Alaska Aerospace Corp. will return more than $20 million from a $25 million unspent grant to the state after the Kodiak Launch Complex has accomplished plans to reduce costs by joining forces with another group, CEO Craig Campell said Friday. Campbell’s statement came during the weekend as other agencies involved in the state’s five other mega projects submitted their reports outlining their operating costs and co...

Wrestlers off to FairbanksHalf a dozen Kodiak High School wrestlers are attending the John Tobin Invitational in North Pole. The tournament begins today and concludes Saturday. This is Kodiak’s first competition since competing at the West Anchorage Christmas Classic on Dec. 20. The team has spent the past couple weeks practicing and moving into the new mat room at KHS. Kodiak coach Pat Costello said Jay-Ar Small, Levi Fried and Nolan Wand...

Man killed after roommate’s ‘ninja moves’ had ‘heart of gold,’ says co-producer of ‘Deadliest Catch’Dennis Fathke, the Kodiak man who died when his roommate showed him some “ninja moves” while playing with a large curved knife, “acted tough, but had a heart of gold,” one of the original producers of “Deadliest Catch” said. Doug Stanley said Fathke, 59, was among the first characters on the hit reality TV series when it was still called “America’s Deadliest Season” during its first airing. Fathke, then onboard th...

New Joe Floyd schedule released Get ready for a marathon of basketball. Kodiak High School released an updated schedule for the 48th Joe Floyd/Ravn Alaska Winter Classic Basketball Tournament with 11 games over the next two days. The Kodiak's girls start the frenzy at 1 p.m. today against Mt. Edgecumbe. It will be the Bears' first game of the tournament. KHS had to tear up the original schedule because five teams could not travel to the island o...

Friday at the Floyd: Kodiak girls split, boys winKrista Hicks challenged her team to play defense during her halftime speech. The girls gave their coach what she wanted. With a lockdown fourth quarter, Kodiak picked up a 48-40 victory over 3A Mt. Edgecumbe at the 48th Joe Floyd/Ravn Alaska Winter Classic Basketball Tournament Friday afternoon at Kodiak High School. This was Kodiak's first game in the tournament, as its opener on Thursday was cancelled because Mt...

Kodiak woman faces 17 counts of fraudA Kodiak woman faces 17 counts of forgery in the second degree and one count of theft in the second degree after police said she forged checks from September 2013 to March 2014. Janelle Brenteson, 43, allegedly wrote 17 checks, 16 of which she cashed, according to a KPD officer statement. The checks were for mostly small amounts ranging from $100 to $500 and totaling $3,760, according to Brenteson’s indictment. In...